The Shop Window have released a third single from the forthcoming album A 4 Letter Word…. Eyes Wide Shut, and it’s flip side Low, feature guest backing vocals from Beth Arzy (Jetstream Pony & The Luxembourg Signal to name but … Continue reading The Shop Window – Eyes Wide Shut
If you are here because of yesterdays mention on the Hype Machine hello! If you are existing purveyors of these pages or just visiting then hello too. The Records I Like Hype Machine page can be found here and you … Continue reading Post Bandcamp Friday Sampler
Another ten tracks to start the week off! Here is the Playlist: or listen on YouTube And here are the individual tracks/info: Partner Look – Partner Look Partner Look’s new, self titled track is the opening song from their new … Continue reading The Mid November Sampler
This weeks pack of three features three recommended new albums, newly released today. The Shop Window – The State Of Being Human Today sees the release of the debut album from The Shop Window. Titled The State Of Being Human … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three New Albums
Spunsugar – (You Never) Turn Around Spunsugar’s new single did not appear on their recent Drive-Through Chapel long-player. It is, however, the final part of a trilogy which includes two tracks from the aforementioned album Time Enough at Last and … Continue reading A Sunday Trio
The new single from The Shop Window is a personal offering from Carl Mann and was written following a visit to see his 104-year-old grandmother. Sad Eyes combines jangling guitars, poignant words and a catchy chorus that belies the melancholy. … Continue reading The Shop Window – Sad Eyes
This week’s pack of three `features three new singles hot off the Bandcamp press. So I started the working week with a post mentioning The English Summer so let’s end the working week on the same note! New track A … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three New Singles.
The sun has gone in and it’s p*ssing it down in London Town. Time to get stuck into more tunes resting on top of my digital back pile. Fowl Science hail from Toronto and, judging by the lack of anything else listed, The Flowering Eye is their debut release. The song is a catchy mix of shoegaze, alt-rock and post-punk. The synths give the song an emotive feel as does the repeated chorus of “they’re calling; they’re calling”. The Shop Window follow up their excellent previous single Mannequin Lies with new single Reflection. To be honest it does not grab … Continue reading The Sunday Session
Mannequin Lies by Maidstone’s The Shop Window came out in April and I discovered the track thanks to some recommendations on Twitter this morning. I am glad I persevered because the track is one of the best singles I have heard this year to date. Not many songs open with the band name and the title of the song in the first two lines but they manage it here as the song kicks in. We get jangling guitars, vocal harmonies, lovely melodies and a catchy chorus to boot as the words deal with anxiety and hope. I mean what more … Continue reading The Shop Window – Mannequin Lies
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